Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science

by Alastair Ross and Brendan Wallace

Book Overview

A ground-breaking new book, Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science deconstructs the conventional concept of human error and provides a whole new way of looking at accidents and how they might be prevented. The majority of accidents and incidents are caused, at some level, by human error. This text provides an introduction to this key field as well as a broad background to the subject. Incorporating the sociology of disaster and accidents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849327180
• ISBN13: 9780849327186
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"